On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 06:34 +0800, Katipo wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > >On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: > > > >>Clive Menzies wrote: [snip] > > What happens when the individual no longer exists? > > Because, in the future, existence without the organisation is going to > become increasingly difficult. > The 'organisation' is extending its boundaries to match nationalistic > ones, and the new ethic will be taught from birth.
Isn't that's what's been happening, though, since the beginning of time? Man, after all is a social creature, and "individualism" is a relatively new concept. European peasants would not understand it, and "The nail that sticks up will be hammered down" has been a Japanese proverb for hundreds of years. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that . . . we have got to force them to comply, and we are doing so militarily." Tom Daschle, in 1998, when President Clinton struck Iraq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
